Fish Islands

After the rock and roll of the Drake Passage it was dead calm and almost windless today. Cold too but who would have thought. Did a zodiac cruise in the inflatable boats in the morning. Seals, whales, penguins etc. The Zodiacs take a beating pushing through the floating ice. They are tough.
The landscape is jaw dropping beautiful and harsh. Tens of metres of blue and white ice and snow with black rock and mountains. The icebergs all move during the day so everything is changing.
Had a gin and tonic surrounded by ice when we got back from our afternoon cruise where I set foot on the mainland and fell arse over in the snow.
Angela and the guide choofed off in the boat without me and found a Leopard seal. They did come back for me.
Temp today got up to about 2C. Schedule for tomorrow is -10. Crossing the Antarctic Circle tonight.Read more